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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (1999)	2 pairs	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1978	Reka Stepnoi Zai	Nature Monument (III)	8

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	50	Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Grassland	29	Mesophile grasslands
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Arable land; Urban parks and gardens
Shrubland	10
Wetlands (inland)	1	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	10
energy production and mining	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pis'myanskiye Gori area (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pismyanskiye-gori-area-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.